3 questions...

[Xyzzy]

1- I asked this earlier, but all I got back was math mumbo-jumbo...:bang: Basically, how much "work" does this project need to complete?

2- How can I convert my stats to P90 years?

3- I have 1GB of memory and SOB is using 10mb... How can I give it more to maybe make it go faster?

Thanks!

[jjjjL]

1 - there is no simple answer and the math mumbo jumbo is basically that... mumbo jumbo. expect the project to take a least a few years to complete. we should make discoveries of primes from time to time along the way (there are 17 of them after all).

2 - For stats purposes, a P90 is assumed to have a rate of 4500cEM/s. Therefore, your P90-years would be approx = total cEMs / (4500*365*24*3600)

3 - More memory will currently not benefit SB. If this changes in the future I'll make it clear in the config.


-Louie

[nuutti]

>1- I asked this earlier, but all I got back was math mumbo->jumbo... Basically, how much "work" does this project need to >complete?

this is from my previous post :-) :
Yves Gallot has estimated that we have 50% chance to find
all remaining primes when we have checked all candidates up to
n = 10^13 = 10,000,000,000,000 so it is very likely that this project is up and running 2010. Lets say that last 3 -4 are very very hard to find.

You can find his paper from :
http://perso.wanadoo.fr/yves.gallot/papers/weight.html

Yours,

Nuutti